3 /* A WorkQueue is an asynchronous thread-safe queue manager. It
4 provides a channel from which items can be read off the queue, and
5 permits replacing the contents of the queue at any time.
7 The overall work flow for a WorkQueue is as follows:
9 1. A WorkQueue is created with NewWorkQueue(). This
10 function instantiates a new WorkQueue and starts a manager
11 goroutine. The manager listens on an input channel
12 (manager.newlist) and an output channel (manager.NextItem).
14 2. The manager first waits for a new list of requests on the
15 newlist channel. When another goroutine calls
16 manager.ReplaceQueue(lst), it sends lst over the newlist
17 channel to the manager. The manager goroutine now has
18 ownership of the list.
20 3. Once the manager has this initial list, it listens on both the
21 input and output channels for one of the following to happen:
23 a. A worker attempts to read an item from the NextItem
24 channel. The manager sends the next item from the list
25 over this channel to the worker, and loops.
27 b. New data is sent to the manager on the newlist channel.
28 This happens when another goroutine calls
29 manager.ReplaceItem() with a new list. The manager
30 discards the current list, replaces it with the new one,
31 and begins looping again.
33 c. The input channel is closed. The manager closes its
34 output channel (signalling any workers to quit) and
37 Tasks currently handled by WorkQueue:
43 // Any kind of user-defined type can be used with the
45 type FrobRequest struct {
50 froblist := NewWorkQueue()
52 // Start a concurrent worker to read items from the NextItem
53 // channel until it is closed, deleting each one.
54 go func(list WorkQueue) {
55 for i := range list.NextItem {
56 req := i.(FrobRequest)
61 // Set up a HTTP handler for PUT /frob
62 router.HandleFunc(`/frob`,
63 func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
64 // Parse the request body into a list.List
65 // of FrobRequests, and give this list to the
67 newfrobs := parseBody(req.Body)
68 froblist.ReplaceQueue(newfrobs)
71 Methods available on a WorkQueue:
74 Replaces the current item list with a new one. The list
75 manager discards any unprocessed items on the existing
76 list and replaces it with the new one. If the worker is
77 processing a list item when ReplaceQueue is called, it
78 finishes processing before receiving items from the new
81 Shuts down the manager goroutine. When Close is called,
82 the manager closes the NextItem channel.
85 import "container/list"
87 type WorkQueue struct {
88 getStatus chan WorkQueueStatus
89 newlist chan *list.List
90 // Workers get work items by reading from this channel.
91 NextItem <-chan interface{}
92 // Each worker must send struct{}{} to DoneItem exactly once
93 // for each work item received from NextItem, when it stops
94 // working on that item (regardless of whether the work was
96 DoneItem chan<- struct{}
99 type WorkQueueStatus struct {
104 // NewWorkQueue returns a new empty WorkQueue.
106 func NewWorkQueue() *WorkQueue {
107 nextItem := make(chan interface{})
108 reportDone := make(chan struct{})
109 newList := make(chan *list.List)
111 getStatus: make(chan WorkQueueStatus),
114 DoneItem: reportDone,
117 // Read new work lists from the newlist channel.
118 // Reply to "status" and "get next item" queries by
119 // sending to the getStatus and nextItem channels
120 // respectively. Return when the newlist channel
124 status := WorkQueueStatus{}
126 // When we're done, close the output channel; workers will
127 // shut down next time they ask for new work.
128 defer close(nextItem)
129 defer close(b.getStatus)
131 // nextChan and nextVal are both nil when we have
132 // nothing to send; otherwise they are, respectively,
133 // the nextItem channel and the next work item to send
135 var nextChan chan interface{}
136 var nextVal interface{}
138 for newList != nil || status.InProgress > 0 {
140 case p, ok := <-newList:
142 // Closed, stop receiving
149 status.Queued = todo.Len()
150 if status.Queued == 0 {
156 nextVal = todo.Front().Value
158 case nextChan <- nextVal:
159 todo.Remove(todo.Front())
162 if status.Queued == 0 {
167 nextVal = todo.Front().Value
171 case b.getStatus <- status:
178 // ReplaceQueue abandons any work items left in the existing queue,
179 // and starts giving workers items from the given list. After giving
180 // it to ReplaceQueue, the caller must not read or write the given
183 func (b *WorkQueue) ReplaceQueue(list *list.List) {
187 // Close shuts down the manager and terminates the goroutine, which
188 // abandons any pending requests, but allows any pull request already
189 // in progress to continue.
191 // After Close, Status will return correct values, NextItem will be
192 // closed, and ReplaceQueue will panic.
194 func (b *WorkQueue) Close() {
198 // Status returns an up-to-date WorkQueueStatus reflecting the current
201 func (b *WorkQueue) Status() WorkQueueStatus {
202 // If the channel is closed, we get the nil value of
203 // WorkQueueStatus, which is an accurate description of a